zaikesman
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| Fixed Bias vs. Adjustable Marakanetz, I am not an electronics expert to defend this position, but it is my understanding that many tube amp makers (presumably including VTL, but see below) prefer fixed bias because they believe it results in better sound. My supposition wo... | |
| A Tough Question I'm just worried that you're able to take "Fight Club" seriously in any way... ;^) | |
| Found Monster cables inside my Watt Puppy 5.1's Glad you confirmed John's sensible diagnosis and that your crossover isn't damaged. I thought you were kidding about the 40wpc Proton...get yourself something that can handle the current demands if you intend to play these loud (and why wouldn't y... | |
| My Worst Nightmare Dude - Couple of weeks ago...I'm parked on the floor in front of my rack with the biasing meter plugged in...girlfriend upstairs taking a shower, and all of a sudden the ceiling starts pissing down on the floor not 2 feet from where I'm sitting, 2... | |
| Getting into analog is tough.... What's so tough about it? I "got into analog" (though of course we didn't refer to that way then) 35 years ago when I was in kindergarten, and don't remember it as being such an overwhelming challenge at the time...I think a more accurate thread t... | |
| How can multiple woofers generate lower frequency? There are also some other reasons why a designer might use multiple smaller woofers rather than a single large one. If the woofers are to be front-mounted, the physically narrower drivers allow for a narrower baffle, which in turn permits theoreti... | |
| Vinyl wow Hey, happens to me all the time...I put on a record, and go "Wow!" :-0 | |
| Slappys Sob Story. So long folks No more 'flashing the cash' at the hi-fi shops, eh Slap? Slappy - aside from being a rather 'dramatic' individual who refers to himself in the third-username - seems to have a slightly suspect affinity for chaos and conflict...I'll miss his posts ... | |
| looking for new speakers???? You might try contacting member Drubin - I believe he was running some sort of SF's (I hope I'm right about that, but I can't remember which model, or whether they were his current speakers or past ones), and borrowed the 1.6's for an extended in-... | |
| Turntable speed If the pitches of the two format versions of the same recording actually differ from one another upon playback, but your TT's measured speed accuracy checks out OK, then it's probably due to an original analog mastering flaw that's been corrected ... | |
| Blaster worm phase II at midnight Friday Just the unremarkable fact that I'm running Windows '98 instead of 2000 seems to have protected me for the time being, but I'll not snicker, since I'm sure it's only a matter of time before the $*&%#@ hacker scum who get their sick loser jolli... | |
| Lowthers - Please educate a village idiot... It's an interesting question Tom, and I'm not sure what the right answer is. Of course the Lowthers, as a crossover-less single-radiator point-source and usefully wideband design, must be phase-coherent or very nearly so. However, when it comes to... | |
| Why can't I hear 20 years of phono 'progress'?? Thanks for prompting an interesting thread, and happy listening :-) | |
| Lowthers - Please educate a village idiot... Tom - I don't own any Madonna recordings and haven't heard "Vogue" on a good system, but I wouldn't be surprised if the production of a largely synthetic recording like this plays deliberate phase tricks to create a larger-than-life 'surround-stag... | |
| Why can't I hear 20 years of phono 'progress'?? Tom's and the others' analysis of the relative cost issue was in direct response to a part of the question. Although I must regrettably agree that many things analog are today priced rather exhorbitantly for what they are, this same criticism can ... |